Garbage Warrior! Let Me Count the Ways Thou Art a True Pioneer
Wow. Try convincing the zoning regulators to give the OK for more density let alone allow beer cans, car tires and water bottles be your tools of choice to produce thermal mass and energy-independent housing.
Not a chance you could pull it off unless you’re renegade architect Michael Reynolds, Garbarge Warrior.”
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Apparently, for 30 years New Mexico-based Reynolds and his green disciples have “devoted their time to advancing the art of “Earthship Biotecture” by building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities where design and function converge in eco-harmony.”
No surprise that “these experimental structures that defy state standards create conflict between Reynolds and the authorities, who are backed by big business.”
Set on taking action on near Neanderthal zoning legislation, Reynolds lobbies for the right to create a sustainable living test site.
In a cruel and ironic twist, Mother Nature leaves no room for wishy-washy politicians as she devastates communities by tsunamis and hurricanes.
Shot over three years and in four countries, Garbage Warrior is a timely portrait of a determined visionary, eco-entrepreneur and a hero of the 21st century.
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